Brewer's Politics: A Phrase and Fable Dictionary (original 1994; edition 1994)

by Nicholas A. Comfort

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Who said If you can't convince them, confuse them?. What murky facts lay behind Billygate and the Iran-Contra Affair? This reference supplies the answers to these and many other questions arising from political life and lore down the ages. Over 5000 entries include definitions of political terms, phrases which have a particular resonance in political life, political sayings that have passed into everyday language, and anecdotes concerning politics and politicians. This edition has been updated.… (more)

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Title:	Brewer's Politics: A Phrase and Fable Dictionary
Authors:	Nicholas A. Comfort
Info:	Cassell (1994), Hardcover
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Brewer's Politics: A Phrase and Fable Dictionary by Nicholas A. Comfort (1994)

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Entertaining, if slightly scattershot, compendium of political terms. The net is mostly US and UK terms, though one sees a fair selection of other countries represented. For obvious reasons, the late 19th and the 20th centuries are heavily represented, though there are bits from other times that show up. It's also spiced with quotes. Not a book you read, as such, though you can "get lost" in following different entries. Recommended. (

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Who said If you can't convince them, confuse them?. What murky facts lay behind Billygate and the Iran-Contra Affair? This reference supplies the answers to these and many other questions arising from political life and lore down the ages. Over 5000 entries include definitions of political terms, phrases which have a particular resonance in political life, political sayings that have passed into everyday language, and anecdotes concerning politics and politicians. This edition has been updated.

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